littlemelittleu2
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Interested in hearing your feedback on my pricing model to pay my cleaners. I own a small Air Bnb and residential cleaning business. It started as something I did for extra change when I got laid off and has recently grown beyond what I can reasonable handle on my own. I’m of the mind to really be entrepreneurial about this and start trying to scale.
A lot of my Airbnb clients have 1-2 bedroom units that can be cleaned within 2 hours. My residential are your standard 3-4 bed homes that take around 3-4 depending. My clients have expressed that their frustration is the unreliability and high cancellation rate of cleaners. The like that I show up on time but also that I’m fast. There have been multiple times where I’ve been able to get their unit done and they can put it back up for a same day booking.
I’d like to target my pay rate to attract efficient and reliable cleaners but also be profitable. My overhead is near nothing, with maybe $50-100 a month in supplies. I’m not currently advertising outside of word of mouth and cold calling. I have 30 or so jobs a month.
For pay, I’m thinking of doing per job vs per hour, cleaner is paid half what I charge the client. My thought is this incentivizes the cleaners to do an excellent but quick job to maximize their hourly rate. So for example a cleaner might get paid $50 for a 2 bed unit.
Thoughts? Is that a fair wage for the job and do those margins make sense for me?
A lot of my Airbnb clients have 1-2 bedroom units that can be cleaned within 2 hours. My residential are your standard 3-4 bed homes that take around 3-4 depending. My clients have expressed that their frustration is the unreliability and high cancellation rate of cleaners. The like that I show up on time but also that I’m fast. There have been multiple times where I’ve been able to get their unit done and they can put it back up for a same day booking.
I’d like to target my pay rate to attract efficient and reliable cleaners but also be profitable. My overhead is near nothing, with maybe $50-100 a month in supplies. I’m not currently advertising outside of word of mouth and cold calling. I have 30 or so jobs a month.
For pay, I’m thinking of doing per job vs per hour, cleaner is paid half what I charge the client. My thought is this incentivizes the cleaners to do an excellent but quick job to maximize their hourly rate. So for example a cleaner might get paid $50 for a 2 bed unit.
Thoughts? Is that a fair wage for the job and do those margins make sense for me?